Eating plastic

Content warning. This email is about marine animals harmed or killed by plastic pollution. Ocean wildlife can't wait. Help stop plastic pollution — and support everything our movement does — by making your very first gift to Greenpeace right now! DONATE NOW Up to 9 in 10 seabirds, 1 in 3 sea turtles, and more than half of whale and dolphin species have ingested plastic. This deadly threat to ocean life MUST be seen and this email contains images of wildlife harmed or killed by plastic pollution. I understand if images like these are overwhelming, but even if you can't look — especially if you can't look — I know you care about protecting these threatened creatures. Please donate generously right now to make the oceans — and our planet — safe for all. The image below is why I do the work that I do. It’s a healthy baby sea turtle on a clean beach. All animals deserve a chance to thrive just like this. That’s why I was so distressed by the recent news. A baby sea turtle in Florida was found dead after eating 104 pieces of plastic including bottle labels. That’s how bad the ocean plastic crisis is! Microplastic particles are so common, juvenile turtles think they are food and fill up on them. I know you are doing your part with reusable bags and water bottles — now, I need your help to make corporate executives do their part. Most of the single-use plastic threatening marine life is found in your local grocery and retail stores. Getting retailers like Target, Walmart, and Costco to immediately reduce the amount of single-use plastic packaging in their stores is one of the biggest and quickest impacts our movement can have. FUND THE FIGHT We need the funds to escalate our plastic free supermarkets campaign this holiday season, Jessie. Our records show that you’ve never given to Greenpeace. Quite frankly, marine animals need YOU. This is the perfect time to make your first urgent gift to Greenpeace and all of our campaigns to protect oceans, forests, climate, and people.  This is hard but I need to show you the consequences if we don’t act. On the left is an image of an Albatross chick fed plastic marine debris by its parents.1 On the right is one of at least five sperm whales found in Italy this year with stomachs full of plastic bags and other plastic debris. While the cause of death was unknown, ingesting plastic certainly harmed their ability to feed. ACT NOW This cruelty is NOT inevitable. Thanks to people like you, the movement to stop plastic pollution is growing explosively, and we’re going for the big win — moving beyond a society where everything comes in throw away plastic used just once, to one where we reuse everything — bottles, containers, and much, much more. That starts when you make a generous donation to Greenpeace. It ends with thriving, awe inspiring, ocean wildlife. DONATE TODAY Thanks for all you do, John Hocevar Marine Biologist and Oceans Director, Greenpeace USA  [1] creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ Greenpeace never takes a dime from corporations or governments. Everything we do is thanks to the generous support of people like you! DONATE NOW Greenpeace 702 H Street, NW, Suite 300, Washington, DC 20001 | 1-800-722-6995